Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-assessment tax payers have been audited by HMRC in each financial year since 2010.
HMRC have audited the following number of self-assessment tax payers since 2011:
2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | |
Cases Completed | 191,789 | 306,178 | 255,194 | 256,765 | 286,566 | 305,811 |
HMRC does not have readily available figures for the period 2010-2011 as this predates the electronic system currently used to collate this information.
To note: figures provided above are not directly comparable over time as organisational boundaries and approaches to carrying out and recording compliance work may have changed.